WEBSITE SHOP PODCAST PATREON BE A GUEST Reader , Juneteenth, officially Juneteenth National Independence Day, is a federal holiday in the United States. It is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. The first celebration of Juneteenth occurred in 1866, exactly one year after Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, to announce the end of slavery and the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. On June 19, 1865, nearly two...